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4th grade Virginia Science Review

Total questions: 74

Worksheet time: 1hrs 29mins

Name
Class
Date
1.
Why do moon phases change?
a)
Earth rotates around the moon. 
b)
Earth rotates around the sun. 
c)
The moon casts a shadow on Earth.
d)
The moon orbits around the Earth. 
2.
Which statement best describes climate?
a)
Climate is the average weather in a region over a long time
b)
Climate stays the same across the planet
c)
Climate changes every day
d)
Climate lasts for one season
3.

What is the liquid form of precipitation?

a)

sleet

b)

snow

c)

hail

d)

rain

4.

What does a decomposer do?

a)

Uses photosynthesis to make food

b)

Takes in nutrients

c)

Breaks down dead organisms

d)

The grass

5.

What provides humans with the energy that they need to survive?

a)

water

b)

food

c)

sunlight

d)

soil

6.

What is a producer?

a)

tree

b)

rock

c)

turtle

d)

bird

7.

How long does it take for the Earth to rotate around its axis?

a)

1 year

b)

1 day

c)

12 hours

d)

7 days

8.

A bunny is brown in the spring. Why does the bunny change to a white color in the winter?

a)

Camoflage

b)

Hibernation

c)

Migration

d)

Because it wants to

9.

How long does it take for the Earth to revolve around the Sun 4 times?

a)

1 year

b)

4 years

c)

4 days

d)

1 day

10.

What is the main source of energy for plants?

a)

Rain

b)

The Sun

c)

The Grass

d)

Soil

11.

What is the thrid planet from the sun?

a)

Moon

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Venus

12.

The natural satelite the orbits earth

a)

Sun

b)

SpaceX

c)

Moon

d)

Astro

13.

The name of the central star in our solar system

a)

Sun

b)

Astrolabe

c)

Leo

d)

Sirus

14.

Earth rotates around this imaginary straight line that runs through the planets center

a)

Equator

b)

Axis

c)

scope

d)

rotate

15.

A scientist who students outer spoace

a)

Astronomer

b)

Palentologist

c)

Biologist

d)

Teacher

16.

Natural satelites that orbit the sun

a)

SpaceX

b)

NASA

c)

Planets

d)

Sun

17.

The movement of Earth as it makes an orbit around the Sun.

a)

Rotatoe

b)

Revolution

c)

spin

d)

Constellation

18.

To Spin

a)

Rotate

b)

revolution

c)

chase

d)

capture

19.

What is the 5th planet from the sun?

a)

Saturn

b)

Mars

c)

Earth

d)

Neptune

20.
Which region is shaded in red?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Valley and Ridge
21.
Which region is shaded in yellow?
a)
Coastal Plain
b)
Piedmont
c)
Appalachian Plateau
d)
Valley and Ridge
22.
What are the four major rivers in Virginia?
a)
Nile, Mississippi, York, Colorado
b)
James, Potomac, Rappahannock, York
c)
Potomac, Colorado, York, James
d)
James, Potomac, York, Mississippi
23.
Which region has sandy, flat land?
a)
Valley and Ridge
b)
Blue Ridge
c)
Coastal Plain
d)
Appalachian Plateau
24.
Which region is known as the "land at the foot of the mountains"?
a)
Appalachian Plateau
b)
Piedmont
c)
Valley and Ridge
d)
Coastal Plain
25.
Which region is described as having rolling hills?
a)
Appalachian Plateau
b)
Blue Ridge 
c)
Valley and Ridge
d)
Piedmont
26.
The Fall line is the natural border between which two regions of Virginia?
a)
Appalachian Plateau & Valley and Ridge
b)
Valley and Ridge and Blue Ridge
c)
Piedmont and Coastal Plain
d)
Coastal Plain and Tidewater
27.

Which region includes the Chesapeake Bay?

a)

Appalachian Plateau

b)

Valley and Ridge

c)

Piedmont

d)

Coastal Plain

28.
Which state does NOT border Virginia?
a)
Tennessee
b)
New York
c)
Maryland
d)
North Carolina
29.
The ______ Ocean is located east of Virginia
a)
Atlantic
b)
Pacific
c)
Chesapeake
30.
Which of the following is NOT an important river in Virginia?
a)
Rappahannock 
b)
James
c)
Mississippi
d)
Potomac
31.
Describe the majority of land in Virginia
a)
Desert
b)
Swamp
c)
Forest
d)
Parking lot
32.

What mineral resource is made from dead plants and used as a fossil fuel for heating and industry?

a)

Limestone

b)

Oil

c)

Granite

d)

Coal

33.

Which of the following pollutes our waterways?

a)

plants

b)

tree

c)

fertilizer

d)

water

34.

A student collected data on how the Moon appeared in the night sky.


What will it look like on May 17?

a)
b)
c)
d)
35.

Caused by Earth revolving around the Sun at a tilt

a)

Shadow

b)

Seasons

c)

Pattern

36.
a)

There was more rain on warm days than on cool days.

b)

There were fewer clouds on Thursday than on Monday

c)

The temperature decreased as the cloud cover increased

d)

The temperature increased over the course of the week.

37.
What is the name of the layer of the ocean that has the most life? 
a)
Oceanic
b)
Twilight
c)
Sunlight
d)
Abyss
38.
This is the zone of the ocean that is the deepest. 
a)
abyssal
b)
trenches 
c)
midnight
d)
oceanic
39.
In what zone do animals begin to be bioluminescent?
a)
Midnight
b)
Sunlight
c)
Abyssal
d)
Twilight
40.
In which zone do you find animals that are colorless and have no eyes? 
a)
Midnight
b)
Twilight
c)
Abyssal
d)
Sunlight
41.

What is the name of the layer of the ocean that has the most life?

a)

Midnight (bathypelagic)

b)

Twilight (mesopelagic)

c)

Sunlight (epipelagic zone)

d)

Abyss (abyssopelagic)

42.

Which layer of the ocean starts at 600 feet and extends to 3000 feet?

a)

sunlight (epipelagic zone)

b)

twilight (mesopelagic)

c)

midnight (bathypelagic)

d)

trenches (hadalpelagic)

43.

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

44.

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

45.

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

a)

Oceanic Ridge

b)

Trench

c)

Seamount

d)

Magma

46.

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

47.

Which part of the ocean floor is this?

a)

Continental Shelf

b)

Continental Slope

c)

Continental Rise

d)

Abyssal Plain

48.

The living and non-living things and the way they interact in an environment is an ____________.

a)

producer

b)

decomposer

c)

ecosystem

d)

sun

49.

An organism that makes or produces its own food is called a ____________.

a)

producer

b)

decomposer

c)

ecosystem

d)

sun

50.

Decomposers help make the soil rich when they decompose the waste or remains of other organisms.

a)

True

b)

False

51.

A desert is a ____________ ecosystem.

a)

very wet

b)

very dry

c)

cold and wet

d)

hot and wet

52.

An animal that lives by eating other animals is called a ____________.

a)

producer

b)

prey

c)

predator

d)

plant

53.

A chain of energy that is passed from one organism to another is called a ____________.

a)

food chain

b)

food web

c)

predator

d)

plant

54.

A web of organisms that shows multiple paths of how animals get their food/energy is called a ____________.

a)

plant

b)

predator

c)

food web

d)

food chain

55.

Select an example of a carnivore.

a)

butterfly

b)

giraffe

c)

ladybug

d)

lion

56.

Animals that eat only plants are called ____________.

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

lion

57.

Animals that eat only animals are called ____________.

a)

omnivore

b)

carnivore

c)

herbivore

d)

lion

58.

An area or place where an organism lives in an ecosystem is its ______________.

a)

habitat

b)

ecosystem

c)

niche

d)

carnivore

59.

Plants make food in their ______________.

a)

roots

b)

bark

c)

leaves

d)

branches

60.

The process by which plants make their own food is called ____________.

a)

photosynthesis

b)

producer

c)

consumer

d)

ecosystem

61.

Where does all energy in an ecosystem start?

a)

plants

b)

water

c)

wind

d)

sun

62.

What is one abiotic (non-living) factor in this ecosystem?

a)

frog

b)

tadpoles

c)

water

d)

flies

63.

What is one biotic (living thing) factor in this ecosystem?

a)

sun

b)

water

c)

air

d)

snail

64.

Name three things the squirrel uses in this food web.

a)

fungi, grass, and bacteria

b)

fungi, shrubs, and hawks

c)

fungi, grass, and trees

d)

fungi, shrub, and tree

65.

Meteorologists predict the...

a)

Atmosphere

b)

Air

c)

Weather

d)

Meteors

66.

Climate is what the weather is like over a long period of time in an area.

a)

True

b)

False

67.

A tool that measures temperature is called a...

a)

barometer

b)

anemometer

c)

thermometer

d)

rain gauge

68.

A tool that measures wind speed is called a...

a)

barometer

b)

anemometer

c)

thermometer

d)

rain gauge

69.

What is the weather usually like on a low pressure day?

a)

Cloudy and rainy

b)

Fair and sunny

70.

What type of clouds are these?

a)

Stratus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Cumulonimbus

d)

Cirrus

71.

What type of clouds are these?

a)

Cumulonimbus

b)

Cumulus

c)

Cirrus

d)

Stratus

72.

What type of severe weather forms over tropical waters, and has winds of over 74 miles per hour?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Thunderstorm

c)

Tornado

d)

Blizzard

73.

What type of severe weather forms in cumulonimbus clouds?

a)

Hurricane

b)

Tornado

c)

Thunderstorm

d)

Blizzard

74.

Liquid and solid water particles that fall from the sky are called:

a)

Condensation

b)

Evaporation

c)

Precipitation

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